In today’s film news roundup, Sinemia is offering a non-subscription movie ticket plan, the ACLU is starting a tour at SXSW and production has launched on a documentary about the Knoedler Gallery art scandal, MOVIE TICKETS MoviePass rival Sinemia is expanding its service with the launch of a discounted plan that does not require a
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March 7, 2019 5:53PM PT Some Marvel fans possess encyclopedic knowledge of characters that have been well established in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but how well do you know “Captain Marvel”? The eponymous hero has appeared in Marvel comics since the 1960s, but this is her first-ever appearance in the MCU. Even if you could
R. Kelly New Witness Comes Forward Backs Sexual Misconduct Accusers 3/7/2019 5:42 PM PST EXCLUSIVE There’s a new twist in one of the federal investigations into R. Kelly – a new witness who’s corroborating 2 women’s allegations of sexual misconduct. Gloria Allred tells TMZ … a woman has come forward with details that support the claims Latresa Scaff and Rochelle
March 7, 2019 5:31PM PT In commemoration of the final season of “The Big Bang Theory,” the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation announced that it will double support for “The Big Bang Theory” Scholarship Endowment at UCLA and established a new graduate-school grant program for “The Big Bang Theory” UCLA scholars. The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation
WonderCon returns to the Anaheim Convention Center from March 29-31, bringing some of the biggest superhero and other genre-specific television to Southern California. To keep up with all of the happenings of the weekend, Variety has compiled a list of the screenings and panels attending the event. Keep an eye on this page as it will
March 7, 2019 5:00PM PT Indira Varma has been cast in the untitled legal drama pilot at ABC from Hank Steinberg and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Variety has learned. The project follows Aaron (Nicholas Pinnock), a prisoner who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a
The Amazon drama “Homecoming” will see another big change going into its second season. In addition to Julia Roberts not returning to star, Sam Esmail will not direct any episodes for Season 2, Variety has learned. Both Esmail and Roberts will remain on the show as executive producers, however. Amazon declined to comment. Esmail directed
A Writers Guild of America negotiator has blasted Hollywood agencies over how they have characterized what would happen if packaging fees are eliminated. David Shore, co-chair of the guild’s negotiating committee, said in a message Thursday to WGA members that he strongly disagreed with the agents’ contention that eliminating packaging fees won’t result in more
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was sentenced to almost four years in prison on a series of tax and bank fraud charges. A federal judge imposed the sentence of 47 months after a lengthy hearing on Thursday in Alexandria, Va. The sentence is well short of the 19 to 24 year sentence
In today’s roundup, Netflix has announced the release date for Season 2 of Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” and YouTube drops the first trailer for the second season of “Cobra Kai.” DATES Season 2 of Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” will return to Netflix on May 24. The comedy follows Nola Darling (DeWanda
Auto-Tune pioneer T-Pain will host the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, it was announced Thursday. The Grammy-winning rapper will emcee the sixth annual telecast live on Thursday, March 14, at 8 p.m. ET from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Recently, T-Pain released his sixth studio album “1UP” on the same day he was crowned winner
March 7, 2019 3:32PM PT Disney’s live-action “Dumbo” is heading for as much as $58 million in North America on its opening weekend on March 29-31, early tracking showed Thursday. The first estimates from tracking services were unusually varied, with one estimating “Dumbo” to fall in the $28 million to $33 million range in its
The NBC pilot “Council of Dads” has added four more regulars to its cast, Variety has learned. Michael O’Neill, Steven Silver, Thalia Tran, and Emjay Anthony have all been cast in the drama pilot. They join previously announced cast members Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, Michele Weaver, Blue Chapman, and J. August Richards. Based on Bruce Feiler’s
March 7, 2019 3:26PM PT Eva Longoria has joined the cast of the forthcoming Tessa Thompson drama “Sylvie.” From writer-director Eugene Ashe, the indie follows a young woman (Thompson) who meets an aspiring saxophonist (former NBA player and actor Nnamdi Asomugha) working at her farther’s Harlem record shop in the storied New York jazz age
Newly minted Oscar winner Spike Lee is teaming up with “Black Panther” star Michael B. Jordan on a new short film for Coach that explores the way we hold words and objects close to our hearts – and how they can impact the way we live our lives. Titled “Words Matter,” the 90-second spot was released
Natasha Leggero has joined the CBS comedy pilot “Broke,” rounding out the show’s three main roles. She joins previously announced stars Jaime Camil and Pauley Perrette. In the multi-cam, when an outrageously wealthy trust fund baby (Camil) is cut off by his father, he and his wife (Leggero) move into her estranged sister’s (Perrette) Reseda
March 7, 2019 1:11PM PT Former Imagine Entertainment chief executive officer Charlie Corwin has joined “Crazy Rich Asians” producer SK Global as co-CEO. SK Global co-chairmen Sidney Kimmel and Robert Friedland and CEO and president John Penotti made the announcement Thursday and said the hire is part of SKE’s push to aggressively expand its worldwide
Spotify, Google, Pandora and Amazon have teamed up to appeal a controversial ruling by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board that, if it goes through, would increase payouts to songwriters by 44%, Variety has learned. A joint statement from the first three of those companies reads: “The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), in a split decision, recently
WASHINGTON — Two top House Democrats have dispatched letters to the White House and the Justice Department, seeking documents and communications over the AT&T-Time Warner merger after a report that President Trump attempted to interfere with the review of the transaction. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. David
March 7, 2019 12:45PM PT Thomas Lennon has been cast in the title role of the Fox single-camera comedy pilot “Richard Lovely,” Variety has learned exclusively. The project follows Richard Lovely, the disgruntled author of the best-selling children’s book series, “Mr. Mouse.” He doesn’t hate children, but rather just everything about them. After a publicity fiasco
March 7, 2019 12:44PM PT Carlton Cuse will not be returning as showrunner for season three of “Jack Ryan,” Variety has learned. The former “Lost” helmer will stay on as Executive Producer, and Amazon has launched a search to find a replacement showrunner for the John Krasinski thriller series. News of Cuse’s departure comes less than
The eighth annual ATX Television Festival has added Freeform’s “Good Trouble,” Comedy Central’s “Alternatino with Arturo Castro,” IFC’s “Sherman’s Showcase,” USA’s “Dare Me” and a special panel on casting to its lineup. “Good Trouble” will deliver an early look at the second season of “The Fosters” spinoff. This screening will be followed by a Q&A
The Austin Film Society’s Texas Film Awards will mark their 19th iteration in the Texas capital tonight, with John Lee Hancock, Brooklyn Decker and Mike Judge’s cult classic “Office Space” as the evening’s honorees. Co-founded by Richard Linklater in 1985, the AFS supports a variety of initiatives throughout the year, ranging from screenings to filmmaker
In another time and place, and certainly another genre, calling an album “Girl” wouldn’t seem like much of a provocation. But Maren Morris’ second release into the woman-parched field of country might make you think the title is meant at least in part as a subtle dare. The title track — and the album’s first
This year, the SXSW Film Festival’s selection committee sorted through 2,500 feature film submissions and 6,500 shorts to arrive at its program of 134 features and 110 shorts, which will unspool over nine days beginning March 8. For a festival that was initially seen as a younger sibling to the Austin conference’s music component, the
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March 7, 2019 10:57AM PT Video game publisher and distributor Valve Corporation has laid off some of the staffers working on its VR initiatives, the company confirmed Thursday. However, a spokesperson said that this doesn’t mean Valve is exiting VR, sending “Variety” the following statement: “Last month, 13 full-time employees were let go and a
When you sell out Madison Square Garden 70 times in nearly 45 years, you must be doing something right. And when that 70th show is also, by random coincidence, the 70th date on your farewell tour — and maybe possibly your last show at the storied venue — chances are good that it’s going to
March 7, 2019 10:50AM PT Adriana Barraza is the latest addition to the cast of the upcoming Showtime series “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,” Variety has learned. Barraza joins previously announced cast members Natalie Dormer, Daniel Zovatto, Jessica Garza, Johnathan Nieves, and Nathan Lane. She will play Maria Vega, the powerful matriarch of the Vega family,